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[caligulas_aquarium]

this is eridan
aint here right noww so if its important just leavve a message
otherwwise fuck off

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[caligulas_aquarium]

[And here he is demanding ordering some mooncake, while listening to Kanaya through one ear. The waiter looks a little displeased at having to deal with Eridan but then most people do so w/e.

He turns back to her once that guy is gone off to get his order and...she what.]

So.

You read my conwersations with other people often, or.

[speakveryclearly]

[Probably more than he'd like, which is why she reacts with a brief indignant flash. But that isn't here or there. She cools off.]

For your information, the lady in question made some more allusions about your relationship to me. [Half truth. She'd said she had a boyfriend.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

Wait, really?

...what'd she say?

[speakveryclearly]

Just that she had a boyfriend, and then after some more conversation it became clear it was you.

[SIDEYEING HIM... Eridan no DON'T GET ANGRY AT HER AGAIN... she can't touch your face in a restaurant]

Was she not allowed to tell me this, either.

[caligulas_aquarium]

Relax, do I look pissed off to you.

[..don't answer that.]

Just good to know she ain't so appalled by the idea that she's got no qualms with tellin' people about it.

[speakveryclearly]

[After realizing he is indeed qualm-free, Kanaya softens a little, relieved, and she helpfully points something out with her finger and her voice both at once.] You look like someone who doesn't know his moon cake just got here.

[caligulas_aquarium]

What.

[Oh, yeah. There sure is moon cake all up in this bitch.

Going for his utensils, so.]

Are you ewen gettin' anythin'.

Or do you just not eat like a regular troll no more.

[speakveryclearly]

[Oh yeah good for him he's FEE... DING... not... thinking about... anything... for herself...]

No, I. I don't eat. Food.

You know why we're called rainbow drinkers, right.

[caligulas_aquarium]

Obwiously, that's why I mentioned not feedin' like a regular troll. I think that indicates enough awareness a' you bein' a bloodsucki-

[Ugh, no, cut out the rainbow drinker slurs.]

...blood. Sucker.

[He was going for bloodsucking parasite, F Y I.]

[speakveryclearly]

Ah. Yeah. That's what I am.

[Yeah.

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

God he still hates her doesn't he. This sucks.]

So I'm not. Going to be eating anything. [OR DRINKING ANYTHING... WEH...]

[caligulas_aquarium]

Ok.

[Fair enough then guess he'll just EAT HIS CAKE or something.

It's actually pretty terrible but as long as he's eating he doesn't have to talk.

So he will have his terrible cake and goddamnit he will eat it. Though.]

...didn't make much sense to meet in a place serwin' food then.

[speakveryclearly]

Well, it's sort of a convention when people are meeting in public places, isn't it. From what I understand your apartment wouldn't be serviceable in the slightest, and for that matter neither would mine.

And besides, as you're aptly demonstrating, you do seem to still partake in eating.

[This whole setup - going out of her way to find a socially acceptable interaction opportunity that only stands to benefit him - is yet again their entire relationship at this stage in microcosm.

She taps her fingers, with their black-polished nails, exactly twice on the table.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

Hm.

[Well whatEWER.]

It's a pretty shitty cake though. Way too sweet for my likin'.

[speakveryclearly]

[She frowns reflexively for a moment before reassuming a more neutral expression, somewhat forcing it. There's that dissonance again. YOU AND HIM. AGH. WHY TIME SHIT, WHY.]

What do you think you would have liked more.

[caligulas_aquarium]

Somethin' a bit more bitter. Or I'd ewen settle for sawory.

[He puts his fork down, returning to the menu and looking it over with a scowl.]

Though ewerythin' else sounds awful so not like it matters.

[speakveryclearly]

[Leaning in to examine the menu FINGERS BRUSH??? SHE'S ICE COLD??? Probably not, weh because, uhhhhhh... some... reason.... help??? God what happened to his sweet tooth. DID IT GET KNOCKED OUT WHEN HE DIED]

What would you even put in moon rocks. Those sound bitter.

[caligulas_aquarium]

Accordin' to this they're like...cupcake wersions a' this I got right here.

[Shrugging.]

It doesn't matter does it, orderin' somethin' else would be a waste of time. Plus money.

[speakveryclearly]

Well, it's not like you're going to pay. A rainbow drinker doesn't take someone out to eat and then demand that. [Duhhhhhh.

That etiquette would make a lot more sense were this actually a date or even an outing after which he'd let her drink from him, but shhhhhh.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

...why?

[Not that it bothers him. Just, wow, you guys are stupid.]

[speakveryclearly]

Tradition. We don't have to buy food ourselves, after all. It's only fair, especially considering the customary consequences of dining with a rainbow drinker.

[Her eyes are a little narrow and look rather eerily yellow.]

[caligulas_aquarium]

[...he readjusts his scarf, pulling it a little tighter.]

That so.

[speakveryclearly]

[That draws her attention to his scarf. She may not have made this one for him, but it sure is around his neck. And she sure is spending a long moment staring at it before she catches herself.]

As a matter of fact, yes. [Beat. My, Kanaya, what white fangs you have.] Only customary.

[caligulas_aquarium]

I'll pay.

[He kind of assumes she thinks he's going to oblige, so, seriously, the scarf was one hint, this is another. Get it already.]

It's really no big deal.

[speakveryclearly]

[She looks a little - crestfallen? Not sure how to feel. She got shut down. Is him picking up the tab a good thing? Does it indicate compliance...?]

Oh. OK.